|
|
M.I.C., Ltd. v. Bedford Twp., 463 U.S. 1341 (1983)
Contents:
Show Summary
Hide Summary
General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
M.I.C., Ltd. v. Bedford Twp., 463 U.S. 1341 (1983)
M.I.C., Ltd. v. Bedford Township No. A-147 Decided September 13, 1983 463 U.S. 1341
ON APPLICATION FOR STAY
Syllabus
An application by the owner and the operator of a drive-in theater to stay the Michigan trial court’s preliminary injunction -- in respondent township’s action for common law nuisance based on applicants’ recent exhibition of two allegedly obscene films -- prohibiting them from showing any films containing scenes of explicit sexual intercourse or other carnal acts, is granted pending decision of their appeal in the Michigan courts. Since it appears that appellate review of the preliminary injunction will not be completed for several months, and since both the Michigan Court of Appeals and the Michigan Supreme Court have refused to stay the injunction pending review, the First Amendment requirement that a State provide procedures to assure a prompt final judicial decision as to the validity of a prior restraint on protected speech has not been satisfied, and thus the stay is warranted.
Contents:
Chicago:
U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," M.I.C., Ltd. v. Bedford Twp., 463 U.S. 1341 (1983) in 463 U.S. 1341 Original Sources, accessed July 1, 2025, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=WK3U3IL43RIDH1E.
MLA:
U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." M.I.C., Ltd. v. Bedford Twp., 463 U.S. 1341 (1983), in 463 U.S. 1341, Original Sources. 1 Jul. 2025. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=WK3U3IL43RIDH1E.
Harvard:
U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in M.I.C., Ltd. v. Bedford Twp., 463 U.S. 1341 (1983). cited in 1983, 463 U.S. 1341. Original Sources, retrieved 1 July 2025, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=WK3U3IL43RIDH1E.
|